How many people can say that they’ve kept their New Year’s Resolution by the middle of June? Not many. One who has and can point to his breakthrough to running PR’s at age 28 is Rob Albano of Mahwah. “I was eating KFC and Taco Bell for five years,” said Albano. “I gave up fast…

This might just be the year of the course records. As you read here a few weeks back that Nora Cary, W60, Suzanne LaBurt, W55 and Roberta Groner, W40 all set new age division course records at the Ridgewood Run 5K on Monday, May 27th. Or maybe it’s that Monday races have more speed. At…

Course records fall at the Ridgewood Run The North Jersey Masters running club will be sending out a little extra cash to their Ridgewood Run competitors after three women set age division course records this past Monday. Nora Cary of Morristown took down Toshiko D’elia’s W60 record of 44:47 with her 44:18. That time put…

The President’s Cup 5K moved from a June night race to the third Sunday in May and reminiscent of when the Midland Run 15K in Far Hills that once had that Sunday, the weather turned from cool to hot in a shake of sneaker. Millburn was at 85 degrees according to some, at 4:00…

PRESIDENT’S CUP NIGHT RACE WILL BE AN AFTERNOON RACE THIS YEAR Well you can’t expect things to not change in forty years. The first year that the President’s Cup Night Race was run it started at the Milburn high school and it was a 10K. In 2019 it will start on Milburn Avenue instead of…

Just how windy was it? Two porta potties got blown off their feet in the parking lot at Bundt Park in Clinton. The good news, if having a porta potty go down can actually have any good news, is that they were blown on their backs. How many runners were blown off their feet? I…

Clinton Country Run, Woods and Lakes, and national race in Dedham MA this weekend The second New Jersey Long Distance Running championship is taking place this Saturday (April 27th) in Clinton. The Clinton Country Run 15K is the championship for all divisions and features a mile race and a 5K. The mile starts at 8:30…

Every week is different for Gary Leaman of Hardwick. His job at UPS involves tractor-trailers; switching them, moving them, and yes, driving them out on the interstates. Just about everything but loading them. How does he find the time to train I asked him. For those who think this 59 year old must put in…

New Jersey runners had a field day in Virginia Beach on Saturday (March 16, 2019). Several came home with medals and big smiles after competing at the USATF national masters 8K championship. You read it here. Roberta Groner of East Ledgewood won the 8K masters division of the race and was the first woman…

When people read on Facebook that the Daily Record of Morris County was dropping the Running Column along with the Hunting and Fishing, and Bowling columns, many said, “When one door closes another opens.” And it has. Thanks to the expertise of Alberto Artasanchez of the Raritan Valley Road Runners club at the computer and…